# vespa

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## vespa

The command-line tool for Vespa.ai

### Synopsis

The command-line tool for Vespa.ai.

Use it on Vespa instances running locally, remotely or in Vespa Cloud - use a token for Vespa Cloud access:

$ export VESPA\_CLI\_DATA\_PLANE\_TOKEN='value-of-token'

To get started, follow [https://docs.vespa.ai/en/basics/deploy-an-application.html](https://docs.vespa.ai/en/basics/deploy-an-application.html)

The complete Vespa documentation is available at https://docs.vespa.ai.

For detailed description of flags and configuration, see 'vespa help config'.

```
vespa [flags]
```

### Options

```
-a, --application string The application to use. Format "tenant.application.instance" - instance is optional (tenant required for cloud targets)
  -C, --cluster string The container cluster to use. This is only required for applications with multiple clusters
  -c, --color string Whether to use colors in output. Must be "auto", "never", or "always" (default "auto")
  -h, --help help for vespa
  -i, --instance string The instance of the application to use
  -q, --quiet Print only errors
  -t, --target string The target platform to use. Must be "local", "cloud", "hosted" or an URL (default "local")
  -z, --zone string The zone to use. This defaults to a dev zone (cloud only)
```

### SEE ALSO

- [vespa activate](vespa_activate.html) - Activate (deploy) a previously prepared application package
- [vespa auth](vespa_auth.html) - Manage Vespa Cloud credentials
- [vespa clone](vespa_clone.html) - Create files and directory structure from a Vespa sample application
- [vespa config](vespa_config.html) - Manage persistent values for global flags
- [vespa curl](vespa_curl.html) - Access Vespa directly using curl
- [vespa deploy](vespa_deploy.html) - Deploy (prepare and activate) an application package
- [vespa destroy](vespa_destroy.html) - Remove a deployed Vespa application and its data
- [vespa document](vespa_document.html) - Issue a single document operation to Vespa
- [vespa feed](vespa_feed.html) - Feed multiple document operations to Vespa
- [vespa fetch](vespa_fetch.html) - Download a deployed application package
- [vespa log](vespa_log.html) - Show the Vespa log
- [vespa prepare](vespa_prepare.html) - Prepare an application package for activation
- [vespa prod](vespa_prod.html) - Deploy an application package to production in Vespa Cloud
- [vespa query](vespa_query.html) - Issue a query to Vespa
- [vespa status](vespa_status.html) - Show Vespa endpoints and status
- [vespa test](vespa_test.html) - Run a test suite, or a single test
- [vespa version](vespa_version.html) - Show current CLI version and check for updates
- [vespa visit](vespa_visit.html) - Retrieve and print all documents from Vespa

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